I requested an unlock for my iPhone 6 thru my carrier and just received an email saying to restore the phone and I will see the unlock message. I don't want to update my ios, is there a way around this? I am running iPhone 6 with ios 8.0
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Unlock iPhone without restoring
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Like the others said.
The restore process is old and Apple eliminated the need years ago.
I don't know why carriers provide those old pointless instructions still.
All they have to say is its unlocked, stick any gsm sim and connect to wifi and it will activate and work.
The restore process is old and Apple eliminated the need years ago.
I don't know why carriers provide those old pointless instructions still.
All they have to say is its unlocked, stick any gsm sim and connect to wifi and it will activate and work.
Why the hell don't you want to update your iOS? You're not afraid of being left out of security updates and performance improvements?
I believe 8.1 is still being signed, so possible to update to that and still jailbreak.
Thanks! I was able to get it unlocked like you said. I also got the unlock message on itunes once I connected it afterwards. Also, if I do upgrade it to ios 9 in the future, will my phone become locked again?
since iPhone 5, you no longer need to restore the iPhone, All you need to do:
A) Connect to WiFi (if using unofficial iPhone carrier = Carrier that does not sell iPhone's in its lineup)
or
B) Insert SIM and enjoy
Only iPhone's that require restore = iPhone 4S and older (in most cases, sometime work just fine but mostly do require restore)
Any factory unlock = you can upgrade/update iOS all you wish to, it will not get re-locked.
Last time I request my iPhone 5 AT&T unlock, they response mail said unlocked, only need insert other sim or restore. But I tried all way, new sim doesn't work. So check few time in other place and it's said locked (some check take fee). I decided call AT&T again and ask they double check, then a mail said my request is approved but last guy didn't do unlock for my iphone.
So I think you double check your phone unlock status, if it's still locked ask your carrier again.
So I think you double check your phone unlock status, if it's still locked ask your carrier again.
Like said above its forever unlocked.
You can restore and update it as much as you want.